Dangerous Mind: On the Origin of Pseudo Species by Christopher Malden

Author:Christopher Malden [Malden, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-01-24T16:00:00+00:00

The destruction of Nagasaki. Nuclear weapons have now hundreds of times more destructive power. We regard the technology as an advancement, progress, or improvement. They are often called ‘advanced weapons’ or, unflinchingly, ‘weapons of mass destruction’.

Behind much scientific activity I suspect lies another motive that’s barely spoken of: out of all the scientific effort might come another weapon. It is the power to destroy that attracts mankind. The power to do harm is inherent in his tools and always has been since he first exterpolated the weaponry of the sabre-tooth tiger, the bear and the shark 5 million years ago.

One of our first mental reforms should be to disabuse scientists and politicians of the immutability of the laws they invoke. Sure, the atom-bomb works. The flint axe works, too. It is not an advance but only a shift in scale. Orders of magnitude don’t absolve us from blame – the worst crime is to hide behind the idea that more is better. Mankind has been following the same flawed impetus since the first tentative exterpolations of the early hominid: visualise what goes to make up this event. Is it repeatable? Manipulate the environment to achieve the imagined result. Add a few orders of magnitude or scale up the process. This may be technological progress but it can be argued that not only is this cultural regression - outcomes areless civilised with each and every increase in complexity and scale – but also that the species is condemned never to attain stasis.

Atomic reactions occur in nature. So it is not the case that the universe obeys laws that we have created or formulated. Rather all branches of science are catalogues of events, as the botanist catalogues the rain forest. If laws are not immutable, they are not laws. What we see islikeness in the list of catalogued events.

It’s perfectly reasonable to imagine, for example, that a poet or a painter, writer or musician may arrive at a valuable interpretation of the rain forest that’s as meaningful (especially to inhabitants of the rain forest) as any other. Contrary to current opinion, especially that of scientists themselves, it’s possible to see that scientists represent one group of individuals unlikely to meet the criteria for the proper conduct of human affairs.

The same can be said for politicians. After all, their motives for shaping society are based on the need to create a compliant population that fulfils the role of mass consumer as well as aiding and abetting mass production. The population pays revenue to government on what it employing the population These then provide further revenue when consumed by the public. So we’re taxed, then we’re taxed, then taxed again, to the point that compliant work is almost, but not quite, not worth doing. This point is carefully calculated and governments work hard to improve our compliance.

earns, producers pay revenue for and producing goods and services.

In return the population expects a peaceful, healthy, safe, agreeable environment in which to live, create a viable niche and, if they wish, raise a family.

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